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plural of bum
Synonyms of bums
(Entry 1 of 3)
the part of the body upon which someone sits
- I decided to get off my bum and get some exercise
Synonyms for bums
- backsides,
- behinds,
- booties
- [slang],
- bottoms,
- breeches,
- buns,
- buttocks,
- butts,
- cabooses,
- cans,
- cheeks,
- derrieres
- (or derrières),
- duffs,
- fannies,
- fundaments,
- hams,
- haunches,
- heinies
- [slang],
- hunkers,
- keisters
- (also keesters)
- [slang],
- nates,
- posteriors,
- rear ends,
- rears,
- rumps,
- seats,
- tail ends,
- tails,
- tushes
- [slang]
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bums
noun (2)plural of bum
Synonyms & Antonyms of bums (Entry 2 of 3)
1
an idle worthless person
- if you expect an allowance, you have to do some chores and stop being such a bum
Synonyms for bums
Words Related to bums
- hoboes
- (also hobos),
- sundowners
- [Australian],
- tramps,
- vagabonds
Near Antonyms for bums
2
a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living
- I feel sorry for bums and occasionally give them money
Synonyms for bums
- bindle stiffs,
- bummers,
- hoboes
- (also hobos),
- sundowners
- [Australian],
- swaggies
- [chiefly Australian],
- swagmen
- [chiefly Australian],
- tramps,
- vagabonds,
- vagrants
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bums
verbpresent tense third-person singular of bum
Synonyms & Antonyms of bums (Entry 3 of 3)
to spend time doing nothing
- spent most of the summer just bumming around the house
Synonyms for bums
- chills,
- dallies,
- dawdles,
- dillydallies,
- drones,
- footles,
- goofs (off),
- hacks (around),
- hangs about
- [British],
- hangs (around or out),
- idles,
- kicks around,
- kicks back,
- lazes,
- lazies,
- loafs,
- lolls,
- lounges,
- vegges out
- (or veges out)
Words Related to bums
- fiddles (around),
- fools,
- messes,
- monkeys,
- mucks,
- piddles,
- plays,
- potters (around),
- putters (around),
- trifles
- dozes,
- estivates
- (also aestivates),
- hibernates
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